Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[Oldman1]

An sneak attack on one of Russia's oil depot is not going shift the broader strategic objective of this war. I think the West wants to prolong the war, that way it becomes costly for Russians, but that high cost more Ukrainians deaths as well. And since Russia sees this war as a war of survival, I doubt the high cost is going to deter them. That is why symbolic helicopters provided to Ukrainians won't do much as far as I can see.

And yet the Ukrainians also consider this a war of survival so the high cost of cities being bombed and occupation is not going to deter them to keep on fighting. You may think the helos are useless but then who knows what else they can do with them.

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514343602352279552

 

[mmr]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514343602352279552

isnt that wonderful lol

 

[Vergennes]

And since Russia sees this war as a war of survival, I doubt the high cost is going to deter them.

What a load of bullcrap. "war of survival". As if the Ukrainians were on the vicinity of Moscow. You call Russia's invasion of Ukraine over dubious motives as "war of survival" ? LMAO.

Keep crying because Putin can't fulfill his dreams of reviving a dead empire.

 

[thetutle]

New NATO red line? What is the old one?

I think the old one put Ukraine as a Russian satellite. Before this I think NATO had no choice but to accept a Russian take-over.

But given Ukrain's determination to fight these have now shifted.

 

[Oldman1]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514237235159252999

Thats shocking! Now I understand why the Russians invaded Ukraine. Ukrainian children not speaking in Russian fluently.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514335493114286083

 

[Oldman1]

Kirby confirmed it will be towed artillery, not self propelled.


M777s?

Not sure. Could be earlier generation the M198s. I would also give the M109s as well, got the older ones and lots of it. Also Excalibur rounds as well to hit targets accurately. Nothing classified about it since almost every country's military have GPS guided type artillery rounds.

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514325652396249097

 

[Get Ya Wig Split]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514368493587730432

 

[Oldman1]

At present, the Ukrainian forces in the east are fully encircled and making their last stand. As even Macron said, expect bad news from the Donbass in the next few weeks.

No they are not encircled, have you looked at the map lately?

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

What a load of bullcrap. "war of survival". As if the Ukrainians were on the vicinity of Moscow. You call Russia's invasion of Ukraine over dubious motives as "war of survival" ? LMAO.

Keep crying because Putin can't fulfill his dreams of reviving a dead empire.

Keep crying?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514355505216512003

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514295058421407752

 

[thetutle]

We have different conditions from the 1950s or the 80s. The military threat besieging Turkey right now is not Russia, but the United States. The unrestricted US military bases in Greece (One of them on the Turkish border) and the situation in eastern Syria are issues of concern for Turkey. The USA has provided 30,000 trucks of military equipment to the PKK so far, and they are probably the largest terrorist organization in the world right now. Right now, if Turkey leaves the union without completing its preparations, it will have to war NATO.

Turkey is a NATO member and has veto power. Its military size and importance in the union is obvious. Therefore, it is a very reasonable reflex for Turkey to take a stance on not including more countries that will act against its own national interests in the union. We have made this mistake in 1980. We won't do it again. While Turkey is conducting anti-terrorist operations: we will reckoning to every country when the time comes that tries to politically protect this terrorist organization, does not extradite terrorists involved in terrorist crimes in Turkey, condemns Turkey for the operations carried out against these elements or even did an embargo decision.

Sorry Sweden. We don't need the F-35 or any other US bribes. You cannot dream of NATO without closing PKK offices and media, without giving written assurances to Turkey, in short, without your idiotic politicians leaving populism and acting in line with the interests of the country.

Thats a fair position. Sweden will have to do that if Turkey asks.

If NATO door is closed I think US and UK will give Sweden and Finland a formal treaty alliance by forming a totally different alliance, Something like ANZUS or the treaty with Japan.

 

[Oldman1]

So far, I only find the aid from Azerbaijan is the most useful. 100 tons of fuel. All those aids from US need fuel to either operate or move around.

You can't be that daft.

 

[thetutle]

Soldiers are now economists? Javelin is meant for tanks, isn't it? You can take out an MLRS with an old RPG.

You want to risk your life doing it? This seems a lot easier.